The Mercury

KEY STATS

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● Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal’s most capped player with 150 appearance­s and their record scorer with 81 goals.

● Portugal have lost only one out of 24 competitiv­e matches since Fernando Santos took over as coach in September 2014 - a World Cup qualifier away to Switzerlan­d in September 2016.

● Spain were unbeaten in their 20 matches under coach Julen Lopetegui who was sacked yesterday. Their last defeat was by Italy at Euro 2016.

● Previous meetings: The teams have played 36 times with 16 wins for Spain, 13 draws and six victories for Portugal. Last meeting: Portugal 0 Spain 0. Spain won 4-2 on penalties. (Donetsk, 27 June 2012, European Championsh­ip semi-finals)

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